Memories of Dunedin, New Zealand. Filmed October 1981

Views around Dunedin including Princes street and the Exchange Area, the Octagon, George street, Lower Stuart street, the Railway Station, the Law Courts, Otago University, Larnach Castle, and views from the Signal Hill Lookout.
Important : Please note that this Super 8 cine film, which was taken over 40 years ago, is showing signs of age deterioration including graininess and slight image fading. The film has been professionally digitized using a frame by frame conversion method with a filter being applied to smooth out the graininess which unfortunately means the film is not as sharp as it should be. A transfer I obtained using the old telecine method is somewhat sharper but the colours are very washed out so have been unable to use that version. If watching on a computer set to 1080p HD and minimize your screen size to improve image quality but watching on a TV should improve lighting and colour reproduction.
I can possibly still get a better quality copy of this film from a professional film transfer company but the cost, after having aleady paid for two transfers (the last, being the best copy, is the one you see here), is just too expensive for me.

[@olsim1730]

Thanks Donald. I was born in Dunedin October '81. This film brings back great memories of the city of my early childhood.

[@drewhendrix502]

I remember this so well. We had inly been in New Zealand a month, we moved to Dunedin from England. 1st sept 1981. Good to see after watching this not much has changed. Streets and roads have changed, majority of buildings still the same..

[@poisondwarfnz3837]

. Love it, great work......

[@sasamune]

There are superficial changes in the infrastructure, older cars, etc but Dunedin generally looks the same. Dunedin is a big town and a small city. Hope it stays similar for at least a little while longer.

[@Kysushanz]

Well, I'd been away from Dunedin for 10 years at this time but clearly recognise all the features. Now in my 70's this brings back haunting memories of a wonderful youth in Dunedin!

[@ioryan8820]

Those were the days, I love that old fountain, in the octagon, especially Friday nights, with, the music and colored lights. Thanks so much. great memories

[@pilbarasam]

I was on 20 when this was filmed, feels like only yesterday, brings back so many fantastic childhood memories. Great to see.

[@thesmallerhalf1968]

A real mixture of the unchanged and the very different. A great reminder of automotive history, all those car makes and models that are now sought after rarities or merely ghosts of the past.

[@philwheeler9828]

Made me very homesick. Thanks for this, quite special.

[@kfing1]

Damn Donald. This is awesome! I was young back in 81, really liked how the Octagon looked back then. Those orange buses seemed like a luxury with their much wider doors.

[@Kysushanz]

As a lad, my dad had a really good mate called Don Madden and we used to meet with him quite often and go on holidays up central with him. Anyway, Don was a bit of a character and I recall that he drove the wrong way around the Octagon one night - it was such a daring thing to do back then!

[@user-uo5hk7ui5r]

Dunedin local wanting to make movie love seeing our city back in the day

[@mankenyuhoi9066]

Thank you for sharing this video…this is the same year I grew up in Dunedin ..this brings back memory for me in my late teens 😊🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍

[@weehudyy]

The Exchange area has deteriorated , the old ANZ Bank is a strip club , the old Chief Post Office is a Hotel and office space ( it was full of squatters when I returned in the early 2000's ) but there are a lot of empty shopfronts . There is a casino , but lower Rattray Street is no longer the restaurant and nightclub strip . Funny seeing all those ancient Brit cars wheezing along , now it is all slightly used Japanese imports . The views of Larnarch's Castle are interesting , these days it costs an arm and a leg merely to wander the grounds , venturing inside the old building itself involves the soul of one's firstborn . The local council wanted to tear the Railway Station down in the 80s , now it is one of the most photographed buildings in Aotearoa ... Ahhh Dunners , it's funny ol' place

[@pc-bh2in]

Thank you for doing this video Donald. Been growing up in Dunedin thru 90s and this takes me back to my teenage years again.

[@mattrawling6646]

thank you

[@OrbedWorld]

First Like, first comment 😊
This is my dream city

[@lulusmith4877]

Awesome to watch😊

[@thenewzealandgringo9296]

Thanks for the video!

[@thedon9670]

Brilliant. Lovely to see. I was 9 years old somewhere in the city at the time :) Do you have any more old Dunedin films?

[@gamerjay6624]

OMG i had forgotten how hideous land crabs were ! LOL

[@howardgamble5623]

Not much has changed except the cars are a lot newer

[@andyosully]

Barely changed 😂

[@redtussock]

Greatly enjoyed ... pretty sure the Mayor had a Roller in those days. :-) OR was it a Bentley.?

[@simonwilliams4367]

Filmed on a Sunday?

[@JohnFarnham-co4uf]

I like cars

[@suzukiton]

looks the same today

[@kiwihib]

Just after I got promoted and moved to Auckland.

[@arthurmcbride1235]

Incredible as it is to believe, it's even more boring in real life.

[@mervyncave5263]

You are probably a boring person in all spellings

[@terrapinalive6192]

Liven it up!